Senate Bill 1594 by Sen. Marlatt and Rep. Sanders. Allows crossbows and conventional bows with draw lock devices as a legal means of hunting whenever conventional bows are allowed. Bill would be effective immediately. Signed by the Governor.

With the passage of SB1594

How do you see things changing (if any) for archery hunting in Oklahoma ????

I didnt know any of that was going on. I think crossbows should have been limited to ML and Rifle season personaly. It will be interesting to see how it pans out. So is that the last step in making it legal or are there more steps ?

While I am not from Oklahoma I don't think that it is a good idea to alow crossbows during the regular archery season. You have to figure that archery season was set up for archers that practice for weeks (or should) before they head out into the field. With a crossbow all you do is pull the string back lock it in place put a bolt in place the cross hairs on the deer and pull the trigger. If everyone wanted to do that all they need to do is get themselfs a rifle tag.

As much as Oklahoma likes to make $$ off their wildlife I'm suprised it wasnt made into a seperate season. This would mean people without lifetime license would have to buy another $25 tag to hunt. I think there is a 95% chance that this will happen in the next 5 years. Now Oklahoma REALLY needs to go to a 1 buck per year limit.

I didnt know any of that was going on. I think crossbows should have been limited to ML and Rifle season personaly. It will be interesting to see how it pans out. So is that the last step in making it legal or are there more steps ?

No, it is a done deal. Signed by the Gov and went into effect on July 1, 2010

It won't make any difference. The only difference in Virginia is Parker sold Crossbows at an unbelievable rate. People will quickly find out that crossbows have the same range limitations as a compound bow plus are cumbersome to say the least.

Well, it's spreading to NC. Crossbows will be legal for all hunters in NC starting this year through all seasons. It used to be crossbows were legal for people with disabilities/injuries. I don't like the idea of them being legal during archery season as alot of people will probably buy a new crossbow, practice a couple of times, and then go out and wound a deer. We'll see how it plays out.

As a Taxidermist I look at hundreds of Whitetail Bucks every year. I know that I have seen many different ways people judge the size of racks on live deer. I think for the most part they all are pretty close. I'm going to give you some measurements that I have noticed being right on in just about every deer. We have used it in the last couple years and have only been off by about 5-6 inches. We do study the deer while bowhunting so we get a little more time to look at them....